2020 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
Various Networks, 5:00 p.m. ET
Until yesterday, the American League Championship Series was entertainingly one-sided (well, entertainingly if you’re rooting, as I am, against the caught-cheating, legacy-tarnishing Houston Astros). The Tampa Bay Rays won the first three games in this best-of-seven series – but yesterday, the Astros took Game 4, giving the Rays a 3-1 series lead as they head into today’s Game 5, played at 5 p.m. ET and televised on TBS. If the Rays win, that team heads ton the World Series – and denies the Astros a chance to advance. If not, that’s still a possibility. Meanwhile, in the National League Championship Series: After the Atlanta Braves took the first two games from the Los Angeles Dodgers (winning the first game handily, and the second one after surviving a fierce comeback rally by the Dodgers), the Dodgers woke up and thrashed the Braves 15-3 in Game 3, scoring a record 11 runs in the first inning. Tonight: Game 4, broadcast at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.